| p |
Instantaneous power |
| P |
Phosphorus |
| P |
Pico (10^-12) |
| P |
Positive peak |
| P |
Power |
| PA |
Power Amplifier |
| PA |
Public Address |
| PAC |
Perturbed Angular Correlation; Photoactive compound; Primary Access Framer/Controller |
| PAC |
Programmable Automation Controllers |
| PACVD |
Plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition |
| PAD |
Program Associated data |
| PAE |
Power Added Efficiency |
| PAL |
Phase Alternative Line |
| PAL |
Process Automation Language; Programmable Array Logic |
| PAL |
Process Asset Library; Phase Alternation Line |
| PAM |
Pulse amplitude modulation |
| PAM |
Process Application Module |
| PAS |
Photoacoustic spectroscopy |
| PAT |
Process Action Team; Program Allocation Table |
| PAWS |
Portable acoustic wave sensor |
| PA-FTIR |
Photoacoustic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| PB |
Printed board |
| PBC |
Peripheral Board Controller |
| PBET |
Performance-based equipment training |
| PBGA |
Plastic ball grid array |
| PBL |
Poly-buffered LOCOS |
| PBM |
Portable bitmap image format |
| PBS |
Photon backscattering |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange (for telephone) |
| PC |
Personal computer |
| PC |
Personal Computer; Programmable Controller; Process Control |
| PCA |
Printed Circuit Assembly; Policy Certification Authority |
| PCAD |
Packaging Computer-Aided Design |
| PCB |
Printed Circuit Board |
| PCD |
PolyCrystaline Diamond; Kodak PhotoCD image format |
| PCG |
Phono Cardio Graph |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCM |
Powertrain Control Module |
| PCM |
Process Control Monitor |
| PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
| PCMCIA |
PC Memory Card International Association |
| PCMP |
Post Chemical-Mechanical Polishing |
| PCMS |
Plasma Chemistry Monte-Carlo Simulation |
| PCN |
Personal Communication Network |
| PCO |
PhotoCatalytic Oxidation |
| PCR |
Principle Component Regression |
| PCS |
Personal Communication |
| PCS |
Production Cost Savings; Personal Communication Services |
| PCT |
Process Change Teams; Macintosh PICT image format |
| PCV |
PRISM Controlled Vocabulary |
| PCVD |
Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (Philips / Dakra) |
| PCX |
Zsoft Paintbrush image format |
| PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDC |
Passive Data Collection |
| PDES |
Product Data Exchange Specification |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDIP |
Plastic Dual In-line Packaging |
| PDL |
Page Description Language; Pipeline Definition Language (XML) |
| PDM |
Pulse-duration modulation |
| PDP |
Plasma Display Panel |
| PDR |
Polarization Differential Reflectance; Personal Digital Recorder |
| PDS |
Photo-thermal Deflection Spectroscopy |
| PDSA |
PeroxyDiSulfuric Acid |
| PDU |
Protocol Data Unit |
| PDVC |
Phase-Dependent Voltage Contrast |
| PE |
PiezoElectric |
| PEB |
Post Exposure Bake |
| PEC |
Perfect Electrical Conductor |
| PECVD |
Plasma Enhanced CVD |
| PEDS |
Plasma-Enhanced Deposition System |
| PEEL |
Programmable Electrically Eraseable Logic |
| PEELS |
Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| PEM |
Photo Elastic Modulator |
| PERM |
Pre-Embossed Rigid Magnetic |
| PERT |
Program evaluation review technique |
| PES |
Photoelectron spectroscopy |
| PET |
Post-etch treatment |
| PETEOS |
Plasma-enhanced tetraethylosilicate |
| PFC |
Perfluorocompound; Perfluorocarbon |
| PFN |
Pulse forming network |
| PFR |
Plug-flow reactor |
| PFTQ |
Partnering for Total Quality |
| PGA |
Pin grid array |
| PGI |
Purge gas inlet |
| PGM |
Portable greymap image format |
| PGT |
Princeton Gamma Tech |
| PHEEM |
Photoelectron-emission Microscopy |
| PHEMT |
Pseudomorphic HEMT |
| PHIGS |
Programmer's Hierarchical Interface Graphics Standard |
| PHP |
Personal Handy Phone |
| PHS |
Personal Handy Phone System |
| PHY |
Physical Layer |
| PI |
Proportional integral |
| PIA |
Parallel Interface Adapter |
| PIC |
PC Paint image format; Peripheral Interrupt Controller; Peripheral Interface Controller; Peripheral Interface Circuit |
| PICTS |
Photo-Induced Current Transient Spectroscopy |
| PID |
Proportional Integral Derivative; Process-Induced Defect; Photo-Imageable Dielectric; Packet ID |
| PIH |
Pin In Hole |
| PIII |
Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation |
| PIN |
P-type/Insulator/N-type; Personal Identification Number |
| PIND |
Particle Impact Noise Detection |
| PIO |
Parallel Input Output |
| PIP |
Process-Induced Particles; Picture-In-Picture |
| PIPO |
Parallel In Parallel Out |
| PISO |
Parallel In Serial Out |
| PIV |
Peak Inverse Voltage; Post Indicator Valve |
| PIXE |
Particle Induced X-ray Emission |
| PKCS |
Public Key Cryptography Standards |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PL |
Photo Luminescence |
| PLA |
Programmable Logic Array |
| PLC |
Programmable Logic Control |
| PLC |
Programmable Logic Controller |
| PLCC |
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier |
| PLD |
Programmable Logic Device |
| PLD |
Pulsed Laser Deposition |
| PLE |
Photo Luminescence Excitation |
| PLL |
Phase locked loop |
| PLL |
Plasma Lock Load |
| PLS |
Partial least squares; Projection of latent structures |
| PLTV |
Percentage Local Thickness Variation |
| PLY |
Photolimited yield |
| PM |
Phase modulation; Permanent magnet |
| PM |
Preventive maintenance; Process module; Post meridiem (after noon) |
| PMC |
Process Module Controller; Perfect Magnetic Conductor |
| PMCC |
Pensky-Martens closed cup |
| PME |
Paramagnetic Meissner Effect |
| PMEM |
Piezoelectric MEM |
| PMI |
Phase measuring interferometer |
| PML |
Partner Markup Language |
| PMOS |
Positive channel metal-oxide semiconductor |
| PMS |
Particle Measuring System |
| PMT |
PhotoMultiplier Tube; Program Map Table |
| PMTF |
Product Management Task Force |
| PN |
Pseudo Noise |
| PNA |
Personal Network Analyzer |
| PNG |
Portable Network Graphics image format |
| PNP |
Positive-negative-positive |
| PNVS |
Pilot's Night Vision System |
| POR |
Process-of-record |
| POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface for computing environments |
| POU |
Point-Of-Use |
| POUCG |
Point-Of-Use Chemical Generation |
| PP |
Preference Profile |
| PPC |
Photo Persistent Conductivity |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPGA |
Plastic Pin Grid Array |
| PPI |
Planned Position Indicator |
| PPID |
Process Program IDentification |
| PPM |
Portable PixelMap image format |
| PPM |
Pulse-position modulation |
| PPMS |
Physical Properties Measurement System |
| PPO |
Polyphenylene Oxide |
| PPPL |
Princeton Plasma Phisics Laboratory |
| PPRAM |
Parallel Processing Random Access Memory |
| PPREF |
Process Program REFerence |
| PPS |
PolyPhenylene Sulfide (Plastic) |
| PPTC |
Polymeric Positive Temperature Co-efficient |
| PQFP |
Plastic Quad Flat Pack |
| PR |
Photo-Resist |
| PRAS |
Particle Reactor Analysis Services |
| PRAT |
Production Reliability Acceptance Test |
| PRB |
Pseudo-Random Binary |
| PRBS |
Pseudo-Random Binary Sequences |
| PRDDO |
Partial Retention of Diatomic Differential Overlap |
| PRESS |
PRediction Error Sum of Squares |
| PRF |
Pulse Repetition Frequency |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
| PRISM |
Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata |
| PRISM |
Primary Rate Interface Signaling and Maintenance controller |
| PRL |
Physical Review Letters; Property Rights Language |
| PRML |
Partial Response/Maximum Likelihood |
| PROM |
Programmable Read Only Memory |
| PRSC |
Parametric Response Surface Control |
| PRT |
Planar Resistor Technology |
| PRT |
Pulse repetition time |
| PS |
Porous Silicon |
| PSB |
Phase Shifting Blank |
| PSC |
Porous Silicon Capacitor |
| PSC |
Programmable System Chip |
| PSD |
Power Spectral Density; Port Status Display; Position (Phase) Sensitive Detector; Photoshop image format; Programmable System Device |
| PSG |
Phospho Silicate Glass |
| PSI |
Pounds Per Square Inch; Program Specific Information |
| PSII |
Plasma Source Ion Implantation |
| PSIP |
Program and System Information Protocol |
| PSK |
Pulse Shift Keying |
| PSL |
PolyStyrene Latex |
| PSLS |
PolyStyrene Latex Sphere |
| PSLV |
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| PSM |
Phase Shifting Mask |
| PSP |
PaintShop Pro image format |
| PSR |
Perfectly stirred reactor |
| PSTN |
Public Switched Telecom Network |
| PT |
Positional tolerance |
| PTAB |
Project Technical Advisory Board |
| PTC |
Positive Temperature Co-efficient |
| PTC |
Pre- and post-process Treatment Chambers; Positive Temperature Coefficient |
| PTH |
Plated Through Hole |
| PTIS |
Photo Thermal Ionization Spectroscopy |
| PV |
Photo Voltaic |
| PVA |
Polyvinylacetate |
| PVC |
Pressure Velocity Correction; PolyVinylChloride |
| PVD |
Physical Vapor Deposition |
| PVR |
Personal Video Recorder |
| PW |
Pulse width |
| PWA |
Printed Wiring Assembly |
| PWB |
Printed Wiring Board |
| PWM |
Pulse Width Modulation |
| PWP |
Particles per Wafer Pass |
| PYS |
Photo Yield Spectroscopy |
| P1dB |
Power at 1 dB compression |
| pA |
Picoampere |
| PA |
Public Address |
| Pav |
Average power |
| Pb |
Lead |
| peta |
10^15 |
| pF |
Picofarad |
| P-GILD |
Projection gas immersion laser doping |
| POT |
Potentiometer |
| P-P |
Peak to peak |
| Ppm |
parts per million |
| ProgGuiML |
ProgramGuide Mark-up Language |
| Pt |
Platinum |
